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look at it this way... jorno67 Feb 2012 #1
+100! LOL!!! Zalatix Feb 2012 #15
It's probably an OSHA requirement in that situation. onehandle Feb 2012 #2
Well, assuming there was trash. But as most eyewitnesses have said, the occupiers take care sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #16
I've never seen garbage collectors dressed like that ... surrealAmerican Feb 2012 #18
Ding ding ding we have a winner Doremus Feb 2012 #39
Obviously, Occupy has WMD. EFerrari Feb 2012 #44
I don't see my regular trash guys wear them. hobbit709 Feb 2012 #52
Keep in mind that Chicago 68 was thanks to Bill Daley.. Fumesucker Feb 2012 #3
Consider what they will do to repress this movement if and when it continues to grow. Warren Stupidity Feb 2012 #4
Which I think it will when the weather starts to break GOTV Feb 2012 #61
While this propaganda is likely effective in the heartland Warpy Feb 2012 #5
Then go white. Life Long Dem Feb 2012 #6
Something like this, perhaps? -..__... Feb 2012 #7
Indeed. Jackpine Radical Feb 2012 #8
Lol! sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #17
Why yes obliviously Feb 2012 #20
They would hav eto strip people to remove the sleeping bag... annabanana Feb 2012 #11
Sleeping Bag Coats: Makeshift Wearable Homeless Shelters Doremus Feb 2012 #40
They'll arrest anyone wearing one for impersonating a sleeping instrument lunatica Feb 2012 #50
Change Occupy tactics, keep shifting targets, Make Occupy flexible. WHEN CRABS ROAR Feb 2012 #9
They are doing that. As I pointed out earlier, they never expected to be stationary as long as they sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #10
This is an important point. limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #42
Don't buy into the "health hazard" lies. snot Feb 2012 #12
Um . . . . . Stinky The Clown Feb 2012 #13
Sorry; that should have been addressed to others, not you. snot Feb 2012 #73
If the question is, who would want the most expensive response to Occupy, then the answer is ... T S Justly Feb 2012 #14
In a sense, you can blame Clinton. Robb Feb 2012 #19
if you had this job and didnt wear a tyvek suit ("hazmat" is a bit over the top), you'd be foolish pasto76 Feb 2012 #21
piss is sterile. It is less likely to harm you than the local water. provis99 Feb 2012 #23
Piss starts sterile jeff47 Feb 2012 #36
neither does water. provis99 Feb 2012 #38
Difference is pure water won't help stuff grow as well jeff47 Feb 2012 #45
I don't think the water in nature is distilled. provis99 Feb 2012 #69
Water in nature isn't sterilized. jeff47 Feb 2012 #70
so you're agreeing with me. good. provis99 Feb 2012 #72
Hmmmmm hootinholler Feb 2012 #29
"...it's no big deal!" Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #62
I guess not hootinholler Feb 2012 #67
Just so you know, those are not hazmat suits OffWithTheirHeads Feb 2012 #22
In DC SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2012 #24
Rats? In MacPherson square? hootinholler Feb 2012 #30
Don't know what your problem is SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2012 #48
The Park Police have been very friendly to them from the beginning and consistently said sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #35
Rats in DC? Really? Heh. TBF Feb 2012 #37
Nothing new historically. JohnnyRingo Feb 2012 #25
Can't occupy make it's point without making a tent city out of every public site they take over? rustydog Feb 2012 #26
Well they broke the law nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #27
and somebody threw a brick... KG Feb 2012 #31
These ows encampments fed homeless people, gave them tents and provided a SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #28
Why should it surprise you that it is Democratic mayors? MadHound Feb 2012 #32
What about the mess after Superbowel? (Yes.. I know.. spelling) nt Bigmack Feb 2012 #33
The clamps continue to tighten HCE SuiGeneris Feb 2012 #34
City politics is different than federal/state politics. Saving Hawaii Feb 2012 #41
+1 ellisonz Feb 2012 #71
Meanwhile, Wall Street crimes are ignored. donheld Feb 2012 #43
k&r Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #46
Bonus Army Camp Destroyed In D.C. Hissyspit Feb 2012 #47
snowmobile suits Pharaoh Feb 2012 #49
Yes it does madokie Feb 2012 #51
D.C. just looks democratic, it's conservative and oppressive just1voice Feb 2012 #53
Hear, hear! chervilant Feb 2012 #54
America Madmiddle Feb 2012 #55
Police departments do what the mayors tell them to do. They don't act on their own Stinky The Clown Feb 2012 #59
Disgusting propaganda. woo me with science Feb 2012 #56
The real "germs" they are afraid of are ideas. hay rick Feb 2012 #58
Perfectly said. nt woo me with science Feb 2012 #68
My guess is that the PTB want everyone getting used to the hazmat suits. icymist Feb 2012 #57
That is right out of 1984. Gregorian Feb 2012 #60
A Democratic President Did This zorahopkins Feb 2012 #63
In the case of ODC, it's Darrell Issa WhoIsNumberNone Feb 2012 #64
The Park Police Report To The President zorahopkins Feb 2012 #65
Hmmph Stinky The Clown Feb 2012 #66
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